The latest case in Colorado is associated with a multi-state outbreak of the virus in dairy cattle. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities siad that an unidentified employee of a dairy in Colorado became the fifth person in the United States with a confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza or bird flu infection. RELATED: WHO Calls for Intensified […]

So far, 92 cases in animals have been detected and confirmed in 12 states. Three of those cases have affected farm workers. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu in cattle in the United States have tripled in the last five weeks. RELATED: Death of a Mexican Patient […]

The death was “multifactorial” and not attributable to the H5N2, WHO spokesperson Lindmeier said. On Friday, Christian Lindmeier, the spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO), clarified that the recent death of a 59-year-old Mexican citizen is not attributable to the H5N2 avian flu, as the patient had other ailments and diseases. RELATED: Spreading Bird […]

The Mexican citizen who died from the H5N2 variant had no known contact with poultry. On Wednesday, a Mexican laboratory confirmed world’s first-ever human case and death from H5N2, a strain of avian influenza virus that had only been detected in animals until now. RELATED: Argentina’s Status as Country Free of Avian Influenza Validated The […]

On Thursday, the Vendee department authorities announced that field technicians detected an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) among vaccinated ducks in a duck farm. RELATED: Argentina’s Status as Country Free of Avian Influenza Validated In order to contain the spread of the bird flu, all the 8,700 ducks, all vaccinated against HPAI as requested by the […]